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Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1961
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Six students today were named
outstanding seniors in the School
of Engineering - . They received
the Engineering Faculty Senior
Awards.
The following received awards:
Fred Byron Hudspeth of Hous
ton, mechanical engineering;
Edwin H. Meorbe Jr. or Goliad,
F, T. Osborne of Crestwood, Ky.,
and Darrell G. Pausky of Kings
ville, all in chemical engineering;
G. Turner Moller Jr. of Corpus
thristi, petroleum engineering;
and,
Paul J. Phillips of Conroe, elec
trical engineering.
Hudspeth has a grade point ra
tio of 2.26, is a member of Phd
Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi; his
awards and honors include Hughes
Tool Co. Award Scholarship and
the Sons of the American Revolu
tion Award.
He is a cadet lieutenant colonel,
commanding officer 2nd Battle
Group, outstanding sophomore “A”
Ordnance Company, outstanding
junior 2nd Battle Group, perma
nent member of the Firing Team,
Ross Volunteers and a Distin
guished Military Student.
Moller has a grade point ratio
of 2.65 and is a member of Phi
Kappa Phi and treasurer of Tau
Beta Pi. His awards and honors
include the George P. Mitchell
iward, junior year; R. C. Baker
Foundation Award; Distinguished
Student, seven semesters; George
P. Mitchell Award, ami outstand
ing senior in petroleum engineer
ing.
Moller is a cadet major, schol
astic officer, 3rd Battle Group;
best drilled freshman, “A” Chem
ical Company; Corporal “A”
Chemical Group; scholastic ser
geant, 3rd Battle Group, and a
Distinguished Military Student.
Osborne has a grade point ratio
of 2.74, member of Phi Kappa Phi,
Tau Beta Pi corresponding sec
retary, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi
Lambda Upsilon.
His awards and honors include
the Monsanto Scholarship, junior
Six Engineers
Win Student
Council Honors
Student Engineers’ Council
Awards today were awarded to
the following:
Outstanding technical article
in the A&M Engineer—first place,
Edwin M. Morbe, Jr., of Goliad,
$10 check and certificate; second,
Jerry Linnstaedter, Tyler, $5
check and certificate.
Outstanding nontechnical article
in the A&M Engineer—first place,
Franklin Moore of Cameron, $10
check and certificate; second,
John Hampton of College Station,
$5 check and certificate.
Trophy and certificate to the
technical society having the best
open house exhibit—American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, Carl Raba
of College Station, president of
the student chapter of ASCE.
Student Engineers’ Council
award for outstanding teaching,
John S. Denison, certificate and
name on plaque.
and senior years. He is a cadet
lieutenant colonel and executive
officer, 2nd Brigade and a Dis
tinguished Military Student.
Phillips has a gi’ade point ratio
of 2.25, member of Phi Kappa Phi,
Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.
His awards and honors include
Gulf States Telephone Award,
Square D Engineering scholarship.
He is listed in Who’s Who and is
a Distinguished Student, three se
mesters.
Phillips is a cadet lieutenant
colonel, Corps operations officer,
outstanding sophomore in the
Corps, outstanding sophomore in
the White Band, senior outstand
ing military student, Department
of the Army Award, junior and
senior years and platoon sergeant,
Ross Volunteers.
Pausky has a grade point ratio
of 2.45 and is a member of Phi
Kappa Phi, vice president Tau
Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi
Lambda Upsilon.
His awards and honors include,
the Dow Freshman Award, Phi
Lambda Upsilon Outstanding
Chemical Sophomore Award, Trane
Company Scholarship, two years
and the Proctor and Gamble Stu
dent AIChE Award.
Moerbe has a grade point ratio
of 2.56, member of Phi Kappa Phi,
chapter president of Tau Beta Pi,
Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Lambda
Upsilon.
His awards and honors include
Freshman Slide Rule contest, first
place; Opportunity award scholar
ship, Sophomore Chemical Engi
neering scholarship, Cooper-Bes-
semer Engineering Award Schol
arship and Who’s Who in Amer
ican Universities and Colleges.
BERKNER TO SPEAK
Science Education Topic
Set For Graduate Lecture
“Advanced Education in Science
-National and International Im-
flications” will be discussed here
tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Lecture
Room of the Biological Sciences
Building.
The speaker, Dr. Lloyd V. Berk-
ner, is president of the Graduate
Center of the Southwest at Dallas.
The graduate lecture is open to
the public.
“Considerable interest has been
expressed in the recently created
Graduate Research Center of the
Southwest,” Dr. Wayne C. Hall,
Dean of the Graduate School, said
today.
The Graduate Research Center
of the Southwest is patterned after
Associated Universities, Inc., a
regional research and educational
center operated by the Univer
sities of the Northeastern United
States which has been described
as a “University for Professors.”
Berkner served as president,
member of the board of trustees
and chairman of the Executive
Fred Brison Named
Top Ag Professor
at Michigan State College and the
University of California. He joined
the A&M Department of Horticul
ture in 1921, and with the excep
tion of a few years, has been with
the department ever since.
He is a member of the American
Society for Horticultural Science,
is a life member and past pi’esi-
dent of the Texas Peqan Growers
Association, is past president of
the Federated Pecan Growers of
the U. S. and is a winner of the
Faculty Distinguished Award at
A&M.
Fred Brison, professor in the
Department of Horticulture, has
Been selected the outstanding pro
cessor in the School of Agriculture
Cor 1960-61 school year.
He was named to the honor by
the Student Agricultural Council.
The council based its selection
on the following considerations:
Preparation for class meetings
a nd presentation of subject mat
ter; scholarship; ability to interest
students and stimulate critical and
independent thinking; tolerance,
Cairness, liberality and attitude to
ward students; personal appear-
a nee; activities, such as coaching
judging teams and faculty advisor;
research, and religious and civic
■ activities.
1 Brison is widely known for his
research on pecans, a major cash
crop in Texas. He is a commer
cial pecan producer and is the co-
; author of a popular text book,
“Propagation of Horticultural
Plants,” in use at A&M and 36
ether schools. He also has writ
ten numerous bulletins on pecans.
The horticulturist received his
Bachelor of Science degree at A&M
and his Master of Science degree issue of the Review.
Photo Contest
Judging Finished
Judging of the photographs for
the A&M Review photo contest has
been completed and contest en
trants may now pick up their
photographs at the Student Pub
lications Office in the basement
of the YMCA Building.
A story on the contest with a
list of the winners and repro
ductions of the winning photos
will appear in the pre-summer
Committee of Associated Univer
sities, Inc., from 1951 to 1960.
The stated purpose of the Grad
uate Research Center of the
Southwest is to increase both the
quality and quantity of the doc
toral degree graduates of this
region of the United States.
As an eminent scholar, scientist,
educator and administrator, Berk
ner is qualified to discuss advanced
education in science and its im
plications’ to the regional, national
and international scene.
Berkner received his BS degree
in electrical engineering from the
University of Minnesota in 1927
and was awarded the Distinguished
Alumni Award from his alma ma
ter in 1952. From 1933-35 he
did graduate work in physics at
George Washington University.
He holds the PhD from Uppsala
University, Uppsala, Sweden, and
has been awarded the D.C. (hon
oris causa) by Brooklyn Polytech
nic Institute, University of Cal
cutta, Dartmouth College, Univer
sity of Notre Dame, Columbia
University, University of Roches
ter and the LLD from the Uni
versity of Edinburgh.
On the first Byrd Antarctic ex
pedition (1928-1930). Berkner
served as an engineer and for his
services he has received the US
Special Congressional Gold Medal,
Silver Medal (Aeronautical Insti
tute) and Gold Medal, City of New
York. He has pioneeYed in Naval
Aviation and presently holds the
rank of Rear Admiral, USNR.
Berkner has served wjth dis
tinction on many national and in
ternational committees, boards and
councils. Among these are: Chair
man, Space Science Board; Geo
physics Research Board, Interna
tional Science Steering Committee
(Chairman); National Committee
for the International Geophysical
Year, 1952-58; and UCAR. He is
a member of the National Acad
emy of Sciences and has been a
member and officer of a long list
of scientific and honorary socie
ties of national and international
scope.
11-2 Scholastic
Record Looms
Hard-To-Beat
Cadet Medical Co. H-2 set a
hard-to-beat award record dur
ing Sunday’s Parents’ Day cere
monies.
The company, made up of pre
medical and pre-dental students,
received the George P. F. Jouine
Scholarship Flag for the third
year in a row.
Presented by the A&M Moth
ers’ Club of Houston, the award
is made to the company-size
dormitory unit with the highest
scholastic standing.
Dr. Howard L. Gravett, pro
fessor of biology, is sponsor of
Co. H-2 for the third year. Col.
Edward L. Scott of the Depart
ment of Military Science has
been the unit’s tactical officer
for the same period of time.
Gravett, who described the
pre-medical and pre-dental stu
dents as “high caliber young
men with a definite educational
goal,” has or. has had most of
the cadets in his freshman zool
ogy classes. Later in their aca
demic life, the professor often
meets them again in embryology.
The educator visits Co. H-2’s
dormitory every Thursday even
ing for student counseling and
help sessions. And he says his
office is always open to the stu
dents.
Saddle, Sirloin
Group Awards
Annual Honors
The Saddle and Sirloin Club
held its annual Awards Banquet
and Cattlemen’s Ball last Friday
night in the Memorial Student
Center.
J. S. Bridewell, noted Hereford
breeder from Windhurst, and Bob
Kleberg of the King Ranch were
presented honorary memberships
to the club.
Included in the evening’s cere
monies was the presentation of
awards to the outgoing club offi
cers. Henry Fitzhugh, outgoing
president, was given the tradition
al pair of silver spurs. Other
officers receiving awards were
Grady Tumlinson, Donald Osborn,
Leroy Keese, Donald Beerwinkle
and Kenneth Smarr.
Members of this year’s senior
judging teams were awarded gold
watches while the junior judging
teams received spur-shaped tie
clasps.
Also honored in the evening’s
events were the incoming club
officers. Those recognized were
Jim Brim from Brownwood, in
coming president; Buddy Smith
from Huntsville, incoming vice-
president; John Kuykendall, sec
retary; Frank Bumpus, treasurer;
Tommy Shifflett, reporter, and
Bryon Stuckey, Agricultural Coun
cil representative.
Saturday, the Saddle and Sir
loin Club was sponsor for the
Little Southwestern Livestock and
Ham Show.
Overall champion showman was
Barrie Ward, junior from Llano,
with Billy Reagor, freshman from
Llano, copping the title of reserve
champion showman.
Class title winners were Willard
Stuard, champion horse showman;
Bill Breeding, champion beef
cattle showman; Santiago Olvera,
champion ham showman; Billy
Reagor, champion swine showman,
and Barrie Ward, champion sheep
showman.
New TV Series
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Begins Filming
‘Campus USA 9
Features A&M
Shooting will begin tonight on the first show of a new 30-
minute television series to premier this fall on national TV.
The new program, to be called “Campus USA”, will
feature A&M in its first show this fall. Peter Palmer (L’ll
Abner from the Broadway Play) will be the narrator and
members of the A&M student body will be the actors.
The first shots will be filmed about 7 p. m. in the Me
morial Student Center Ballroom. As audience participation
is necessary to the success of this show, the producer has
asked that any A&M student who wishes to be a part of the
film audience come to the Ballroom shortly before 7 p. m.
The sequence to be made tonight will include Charles
Marshal], winner of the In-+
tercollegiate Talent Show this
year and the Aggieland Or
chestra.
Later, at 8:30 p. m., an
“early” Senior Ring Dance com
plete with giant ring and 25
couples who will actually attend
the event May 20 will be staged
in the Ballroom. Glenda Fagan
will be the featured vocalist at
the mock Ring Dance.
Tomorrow morning shots will be
taken in front of the MSC and
later the Six Peppers, a Latin
American combo, and Dave Wood
ard, magician-comedian, will per
form in the Main Lounge. The
audience for this sequence will be
recruited from anyone who hap-
penls to be in the MSC at the time.
Thursday afternoon a “married
student picnic” will be staged in
the grove of trees across from G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
The Corps of Cadets will be
filmed at a Yell Practice tomorrow
at 7:10 p. m. in the Coliseum.
Friday morning the Aggie Rodeo
Arena will be the stage for a
“rodeo” rehearsal and music by Bill
Arrington and Olin Brown. In ad
dition shots will be made of farm
equipment, the Nuclear Reactor
Center and the Data Processing
Center.
Friday afternoon the TV cameras
and equipment will move in front
of the System Administration
Building for a performance by the
Singing Cadets. . Then the Ross
Volunteers and the Freshman Drill
Team will give precision drill de
monstrations. The A&M Band and
a segment of the Corps of Cadets
will appear in front of the Admin
istration Building between 2 and
5 p. m.
Hewitt Named
Easterwood
FA A Specialist
The Federal Aviation Agency
announced today the appointment
of James P. Hewitt to begin train
ing as a flight service specialist.
Hewitt, formerly of Pasadena,
Tex., has been assigned to the
College Station, Tex., Flight Serv
ice Station located at Easterwood
Field.
Hewitt’s duties, William S. Hall
chief flight service specialist, said
today, “will be to furnish vital as
sistance to pilots. It will become
his responsibility to accept and
relay pilot flight plans, issue wea
ther reports and relay messages
between pilots and FAA air route
traffic controllers. In emergency
cases, flight services specialists
initiate ground and air search or
ders when an airplane is missing
or overdue.”
Upon completion of his training
as a flight service specialist, Hew
itt will become one of the many
trained FAA employees in the
United States. This experienced
team of career specialists, along
with the giant web of electronic
air aids, makes up the more than
158,000 miles of air highways used
by both military and civil aircraft.
Hewitt lives at 400 College Main,
College Station. Prior to report
ing for duty at the College Station
flight service station, Hewitt
served four years in the Navy and
was attending Lee Junior College,
Baytown.
Ag Economist
Named To Post
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In Washington
John H. (Dixie) Southern, since
1946 an agricultural economist for
the US Department of Agricul
ture doing cooperative research
with the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station, has been trans
ferred to Washington, D. C. He
has been named chief of the rural
development branch of the USDA’s
Economic Research Service.
In his new position, Southern
will coordinate the research now
in progress by various agencies
on rural development. The re
search will be used in connection
with programs now underway or
soon to be initiated in low income
agricultural areas of the nation
and to support the Rural Area
Development program of the de
partment.
Southern’s special fields of re
search since 1946 have been farm
income and land use. He is the
author of numerous publications,
reports and papers on these sub
jects. He has served as a repre
sentative of the Agricultural Re
search Service on many regional
and state committees since coming
to A&M and for the past few years
served as Investigations Leader
on agricultural development re
search for the USD A in the South
Central States.
Southern is a native of Okla
homa; holds a BS degree from
Oklahoma State University; an
MS from A&M and has done grad
uate work at A&M and Colorado
State University. He has been
a USD A employee since 1936. He
served in the US Navy from 1944-
46; served for 15 months in Rome,
Italy, with FAO and a year in
Pakistan under the International
Cooperation Administration.
Southern and his family will
continue to make their home in
College Station until July or Aug
ust when the move to Washington
will be made. He will spend con
siderable time in the Capitol City.
Mailing Addresses
Needed Of Grads
Graduating seniors wishing to
have their copy of the Aggieland
’61 mailed to their home address
next September must pay a mail
ing fee at the Student Publica
tions Office in the basement of
the YMCA Building before they
leave school, Aggieland Editor
Dick McGaughy announced yes
terday.
New Mothers’
Officers were elected for the coming year at
the annual meeting of the Federation of
A&M Mothers’ Club on campus Saturday
and Sunday. They are: (seated, 1-r) Mrs.
Joe A. Smith of Pasadena, president; Mrs.
Carroll W. Cox of Beaumont, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. H. E. Dew of Tyler, second vice
president; Mrs. J. D. Petty of Groves, third
vice president, and Mrs. H. D. Florence of
Kingsville, fourth vice president. Standing
(1-r) are Mrs. M. T. Harrington and Mrs.
Club Officers
Earl Rudder of College Station, honorary
presidents; Mrs. Fred Cole of Corpus Chris-
ti, 1960-61 president; Mrs. J. G. Frank of
Houston, recording secretary; Mrs. Emo-
gene Bunkley of Pasadena, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Desiderio Trevino of Laredo,
treasurer; Mrs. W. M. Dantzler of Dallas,
parliamentarian, and Mrs. Victor Weber of
Victoria, historian. Mrs. Grace W. Gilliam
of Austin, fifth vice president, is not shown.